Future, Young Thug, Chris Young And Darius Rucker Chart New Top 10 Albums Behind Niall Horan

Future performs onstage during Day 2 at The Meadows Music & Arts Festival at Citi Field on September 16, 2017, in New York City. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP/Getty Images)

Former One Direction singer Niall Horan has become the third person from that group to hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 on his own (which matches One Direction with The Beatles in terms of acts having the most members go to the top of the all-genre chart without their group mates), but he isn't responsible for the only new entry inside the top 10 on the tally this week.

Coming in just behind the one-time boybander are rappers Future and Young Thug, who begin their surprise collaborative mixtape Super Slimey in the runner-up slot. They may only be one position behind Horan, though with just 75,000 equivalent units to its credit, Season only shifted about half as many copies as the One Direction member’s Flicker.

Super Slimey is Future’s eighth top 10 effort, and incredibly, his third of the year. Back in February, he became the first artist in U.S. history to notch back-to-back No. 1 albums, first with Future and then a week later with Hndrxx. This latest mixtape marks Young Thug’s fourth to break into the region, and he has now reached a new career high.

New at No. 5 is country favorite Chris Young, who nabs his fourth top 10 as well. The musician’s seventh full-length Losing Sleep kicks off with 39,000 equivalent copies.

Rapper Gucci Mane sees his latest album Mr. Davis fall from the runner-up slot to No. 6, a fair dip for any record’s second frame. His new offering is just ahead of Ed Sheeran’s Divide, which is somehow still moving enough to live inside the top 10. This turn, it’s at No. 7, likely thanks to the success of new single “Perfect,” which just broke into the top 10 on the Hot 100 for the first time.